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- James F. Beveridge
- 1848 - 51st Street
- Edmonton, Alberta
- T6K 1K1
- CANADA
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- E-mail: sage@aonet.com
- Web Site: http://www.oanet/homepage/sage
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- I was born in Windsor, Ontario, just across the river from Detroit. A quiet infant, I started my mental
- development by learning to read from cereal boxes when I was three. In the elementary grades, I (along
- with my brother) was tutored in extracurricular fields by my learned parental unit. His interests ranged
- from geology and native history to logic and philosophy. We explored the backwoods, sometimes
- following the routes of the early Canadian voyageurs. We were also avid skiers from kindergarten
- onward.
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- As far as art goes, I found that I had a propensity for intricate maps and charts early on. My fellow
- classmates in Grade 7 were shocked and titillated when I was dared to paint a "naked lady" with
- watercolors in Art Class... and did. The guys kept back and the girls crowded around. I liked that.
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- In high school, I studied art as an option with a very encouraging teacher (Peter Bering) and discovered a
- real love for the craft. Summers found me at a local amusement park, rendering watercolor portraits and
- ink caricatures. It was after a year of science studies in the university that I discovered the airbrush... and
- its financial rewards. After being kicked out of the nest (at 19), I worked full-time at motorcycle
- decoration and tried a year of "Fine Art" but discovered that I was not that enthralled with its course.
- Besides the local gangs' scooters, I painted vans and started my first comic work.
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- It was after a couple of years of this that I was lured to Edmonton, Alberta. Since coming here, I've taken
- on projects of all sorts, sizes and such, including ads, logos, science fiction and fantasy illustration,
- teaching, graphic design, and web design, as well as murals on "just about anything."
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- It was with my purchase of a computer that I started a renaissance of sorts. I find that computer work
- inspires hand-done work and vice versa. It's all quite exciting!
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